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ALLEN GRAY; ' on, Tha Mysey cf TorlBys Foint BelntT a Few Romantlo Chapter FrOL. the Llfo of a Country Editor. it johv n WT7IICC Arrnnn or " W'ai.tsb lliiowsrui."." "WM Lakesan." UAsaaiior HtOtMU, AKU OlIIBH HTOHIK. icww"'1' ' s A'""7' p.tprr tsMMOSJt JM CHAITI'.K I tiik rueiT user. ff tho mldt of those venliinveroivnnJ lulls on the bunk of tho U la nut! ri. tifllinr IUIiiiiiK Hi" dale. U"J forest, IiU u tnnnl llilnff wishing U '"do Iri.m Ihi' hllsV World, y ftlunmll villuK". a. fur sake of eon- V ' I i &7 venkwcc, wo will TJ f WtCL Turloy I' ' I' ' 11 etSHO vd river town, ""'I '1 Y-jsti 'm"'i t!. i reiWMDe V .V y '' 1. 1 1 ki i'- : TnT I )ri and many tine tho V1' ' bout iru9k tin oo- caalnnnlly plow (hot nnxMy trcm MM by without ottoatai giiinpno P th" dul1' 2mm littlu hamlet. Til" bmn In valley, or ruthr lup of IMO, among high MUs, with ju.t narrow, obli'iue (xiilnff between two riilgi'n, revealing Urn bl-o.ul bosom of 'hn HTM to view, and U ono of tho quietest plain M the wholn world A niall brook Kliil' - by MM rttlaja. with Just murmur MWBpi W lull one kirepo.to; mill from Hi'1 street the rotitofihii iiuuil ran be hruril, accompa nied by tho Uprfcif of thn 00dM0ljj Jo it u they wore u century before tM W of Hie whito umn tnl tln-lr surn-d huinit. Turloy' Point was In u tsto of birptoM d"'.iv Long before thn day of railroads, It, holniju etoamboat laudinr, Mewktd to oviuce wiiiiu lgn of protporlly, and Ban grown and thrived, but when tlm railway MRM M Man and ulmnrb river navigu KOn, Bnntonvillo, a rival town eight or ton nillo below, having MOafM MM of tli'o modern hlghwii) of traffic, begin t onrn tnp.-oipnrut I ho oxiKuiv.ii aud d'-trltiHUit of Turloy Point. Mi'ii having huincs In-tot-o.ta at the latter place adopted varum nioanii to rouiin tbo drooping energise of the Point, but thoir most herculean effort eould not gnnorato ovon nomliry ilir Imom. Blnwly but suruly It wiw g.iin down, mid aaMf MMJiMU wan MM 10 n vivn Hi blllllMl InUin-nUlt wan only I OMMlM of mo when tbo village would bo entirely do- MVtaf, " Wo miint mlvortlup, we niunl udvertlr," TWI WBMMMj MMBblMOM poUUdM aud projorty ownor, ofUin deelarcd Tho iue tlDB ff mlvortnihig wa given Bernini eon Idnratlon by tho leading eiUMM of tin moribund vlllngn. After MMBM Mliban lion, It Wiw do ided lliul Turlev I'lUlit Br.i'it luvi u weekly new-ipaK'r, wliieh wan t bo it hval of the tatonVON 0MJMV Tom Hiuiinona win app iintiil niie of u emu mil too of II vo to find u MllMbil PMMM to MMM Huob u:i inatitiillou, uiid in u few v. 1. 1 p p irtinl Hi it by in ikm nun di u.t IIjuk Uilho ontorprliH', lUojl eould MoaMB y i not man with Homo exK'rien-o ami eupl tul. wliu wan willing to MJMrtalH fin pro- MtoM MitaaM of MtahHihlpg u paparal I'm ley' Point, liarlyonn mimmrr morning imp ofthiMo loatb iMainarft, whlok nu oi'eaniouuiiv atMMf HBiiM Mhiio'i. UW UMgBMtOf IM f irmer glory, MUBM I tM WbiitU uud ramr tlm IhiII wlieu opimiiU) tho Point, uud grueofully nwuug into tho landing. Tho ttago plauk wan thrown out, uud u young nun about four and twen'v yearn of ugo walked MbON. It WM Mr Allen tlruy, thn pronpoi'llvo cilitnr of tho now puptr, It w.u not for In. k of homo talent that mi editor hml boon Imputed loTurley'ii Point. Tho villago win not without iln literary anpirantii. Thoro wan Toiiey BafBM tbo poi't. uud Minn l.eetliy BopUut, the p'tonn, Maaymt, uovnllnt and I'riierul " literuriau," tud MM othni n eap.ililo of m Hunting u Wintlily newnpupori but a neiilier of thnno perwmn msnenied the riipilrnd eapital, ll W.m noeennary to llnd nomo ono that did. Allen tii-ay had eouipletei) hit edueatlon, mil hud hml norm mperleueo an a newn .i. i man At tlm tMMMOMM in eon toet with Tom iuHHItM ho wan looking i for u uitahlo Im ation to puUliih u weekly newnp ipir Thin wan bin llrnl vinlt toTnrley'n Point, mid h" wan bringing Inn privin, eanen, ehuinen, ruton, foiitn uf tyn and nil tlm manifold paraphernalia of a country print lug oflleo w ith him Tom Himm.mn wn ut tbo binding In MM) tlm now minor, who won to revive Turloy' point und bring bui'k it prlntinn glory. While the tteuuibout band wem earrying tho prennen, fontn oftyiaiid Imienanhoro Tom Md tul.eu the new inlitor' in in uud won eouihietiug him up the unorul to tbo village, ull tlm wiul" e mimrutiug on the golden opKirtuiutioa that awaited thn now ntnrprito. To Allen thn pronpis'l enmed any thing but eueouniHlugi hut ho nan vouiik uud full of hope, and delerimne.l to uiuke u vlg oroun bullio for a )kmihou hi the Wottoru W. o ld "Tin I your offliv," ald the ruhtubla Mr Hiiuniouo, UJ they panmnl m front of uu old, dilapulatiil buildiu ;. whieb hail at ono lime boon imisl an a general tem. "Thero In plenty of room bri e f ir your pronto, und every thing Till I the boat wo eau do Uow, but w'.win your bunuie in KTOWa, Jou know, wo , aii build mi uMoo to auit It." Uy thin time thu uewa had apnad ull over the village that Hie new oUitor had ar rived, and the llttlo Uiwu, for the Itrtl lime in yearn, took on aomethmg like oinlemeiit Toney llarne l,at. . I to the building whn-ii wot Ui Ih thn unwtU r othve, for au lutnxluetlou, uud u iH'U un il was pwnibla for him to do no, Mvri'tly inforuunl thn new publlahrr that ho wa a MM, n l would haw one of lil effiiaiou III tho verv flrnt MM of the new pa'r Allen hailu t tnvn long enouirb In the n.'Mn'r buniuen to feel the thrill of horror wlm h an older edit or would at iximlng In oouluet with a liM-n.1 t Then Mi f.wthy U. pkinn, tho Biieieut m.udeii, wa n-it to mn-k au Intro- dudtion, und atUmud the uew publinher with the faet thai IM wa a vertatila writer Klio wrota ttorio, MMJMM In rhyme or blank vorno, " I raged ie. .otneiliea, raauv. aud, ill faet. every tluug from mi pia to a hurtiomu MMMMM Mini Hep km devotetl her loiturv t, .urn, when mil eu gatinl in btorury Wert, lo i. . I. ; iln Mi lage tthuol. Kba wo Uil uud tlemler, her UoMiwoa on the Hebraic plan, hertuialleye .'Ui.nl to gUrx triamubaully tin ..i.-'.i brr gla.', a the MtouiuleJ the new inlitor wilb her miillifariou aiwimplihiueiita. Nothing ewuld be done Hit! da elerpt gat Ui- MMi mid material into IM bud ling, Wuii li wa to tone a eftb-e. prttn rvmui, ru:initiiig rooiu and (moral MMMJI b1 in . ui.' r.nun A tobbi at the front n-tran,- WM to ".v at thood,l, r deta, ui bo bad ibraaauaut and ua,' li-iu h da ..M bun by Um fDudoiUti-nt That after, noou avveroi of tboM pertont w:, had d uld turn ki tha new enlerprue met tba rdilonu buueVaj w MjmM ibe futura of Ue prvpoaod publknaiiiin -Tna flnl thing to be deeded on I a name, uu ion mm moot, lamiliarly llUUBVil ou me i noma to proe," uj vuoer it Hie A' u;..' he Uiad U irravelv eouti.ler all Ibe new M-oprieur smiled Tha injrtouilv UM be a telling ono. but! , wbo liad pubu-ul ombi 'I ibv Timer : lnl't i-jll It TW "Wtaa" . JerpofcMMr ritreaf, eaatM MMultet, wbi dMMi nflcro JoUlir, 1 a i ft, lo tho ouneoni ; " that '11 not do ut all. Bel ter not if iv' It u numo tbut 'ltd indicate u political paper. Tblul to boua indcpsnd ont organ, fur tho upbuildin' o' Turloy Pint, un' iro munt bo very kx-crful whut numo MP -iv' it" "Whut'd you U'fgoiit, Owrgul" askod ItoUMMi "Tho 'ir n' Turloy'. ; Pint." "Or tlm Tuney' Point 'Star' would bo mom euphonious," put in tho poet. Xi ither of UMM uro tuiUblo," wid the new publiabor. "Cull It Turloy' Point 'x"ii then," tuggcatod Hlronff. Olijeetioint, however, were found to int. Then Mr. biminona. wliooo umbition ooared out beyond tho narrow iwnllnon of Turloy' Point, auggented Unit MM broader name bo chosen "Don't havo Turloy' Point In It at all, ho nuiiL "Call it by MM namo that will fO (nit ull ovnr tho W;1, mid bring in glory to Turley' Point." Till snnmcd sensible, und a hundred in-tpplii-ahlu title wore at onco uggoted, but Blmot instantly diiward d. At last tho new editor wb upouli d to a tho proper purnon to nmno tbo per, it being hi own. "If jou want a general name, ono eu phonious, and ut tho umo tlmo dignified uud sweeping, coll It tho ' Il'trr A'l-a-Ue,' " ho said. Tlm "Binn MMMd to suit every ono. Toney Ilarnes thought It ufflelently prx'tie; Min llopkin, who was present, MOMMa it romsntin. It wu.n Buflh ienlly brouil for tbo MXMsdMI ambition of Mr. Himmons, arad practical enough to suit tho capitalist Htrong, therefore tho WWtra K' '" was tgrocd upon. Allen selected fsom tho large dmpluy wood tyjio on hand the heading. With tho aid of tho foreman, Iko Hatchetl, and printers' dnvil, Toby Hmith, ho pro ceeded to put tho offloe In hapo. Tbo vil lager crowded ill tho room and about tho window i to giun In utoniahment ut the mi p.jiiiif Lionel, the eaten, fonts of type, hand pro und "jobber," wondering wn.ii MM "goiu' to bo done with all them tilings." Next day evory thing was :n shiipo rt-aily for DOSilio. Tho (nliUir hud cliped some appropriate article fnim tho fnwexehunge which ho had Induced the publisher bond him In advance, and the foreman wa put ting them In tyie. Toby, Iboappreutiee, wan standing ou a boi in order lo lw hii;h enough to NaOt tho case, with a stick InbJl hand, trying to neipiim tho art of putting ivpo lnb It Ho was putting the letter ap-sklo down, tlm lower und of tho MM out, making space with em ipiud, In fuel doing all sorts of odd tbiflfl wliieh only a beginner ut printing can. Allen Uruy wa writing his alutatory, a tank Ml o euny as some may Imagine. Tim manner In which a new editor Introdiuvs himself to tbo pub lic I very important. If ho pleases public funey, success is assured ; but If ho fulls to do till, ho might have lo struggle for weeks lo ovorcouio tho hod impression his intro ducUon to the public mudo. The opening address i always read with n gfeat deal of euro. In It the editor muke hi pledges lo hi roudcrs, uud tlm uvera fe render seams more anxious to Snow what UMM pledges aro than to sou that they aro kept "Well, you've got started," said Mr. Bimmoiis, entering the oflleo junl a the new editor hud Inn delicate task fairly under wuy. "I jut dropped in hero bocuue I knew you were uloiie, ami thought it would bo well In give you u little advice. I know mnronbout tins place tbun you do, by a blamed sight. That's ull Mummy diddle what Wrong uld yestenbiy a'uinnt thin Ihuii'b political mkm. Tho UepubllcBiis bavo a majority in thin county, unit Strong known it, hut Ml I DOMMTM uud can well uffomi to suy tlm pu'r shouldn't be polll. leal. Pilch rigid into politics, My I. An' now while I'm ou lint pint, Mr. 11 ray, I've got u secret to toll yo -thouyb yo must keep it to yernelf." " What Is UP' "I'm fain' birun for the Legislature next ebvtion, und o' OOOTM 1 tzpaol B town pwr lo MMOrl me I wouldn't give IMttl for It, if I liadu'l boon sum II would." Allen usstimd tbo umbitiuus pollUeMll Unit there was plenty of time to consider tho matter, and, every thing being equal, tbo U'ra.Vra ..'. would favor a homo man. "Bo sure to light tho rings; we've got plenty o' 'em, and ivo brought yo here to tight 'em, " said Simmons, uud then, lower ing hi voice to a mysterious whtHr, hn added: "Thorn's uuotber thing I wanted lo mention to yo. You've noticed thai old itx-i ', r oh thr hill, didn't you I" " Yo,'' auswered tho now editor, now re mcuiboiuig tlic chateau or cattle-like bail J- LUjva.ii " a kll, ioc'vk uor srtnrml" Ing which st, nnl silent and apparently de sorted ou a hill atsiut three fourth ufs utile (Ml towu " Well, don't Ml "uy thing a'Kiut It, keer awiy from it lt' a mystery which uoonr ought to meddle with." "I It inhabited I" Allen linked, laying hli miuciI down by the side of hi manuscript. " Ves, but K.vp uway from there. Los one can have to do with ll tho better. Wt don't want that thing stirred up any more," and hak tig his head mysteriously, tin. astute pflllttowM left the ofilce " Wtiat in the world MM he mean by the mystery c lachivl lo that old (or saw m lot Ki.lt" tbo new editor nkM himself " It look at if ll might b an old Prom t rhuteau thai bu! been built during tin day of Charlemaeiie, aud luhablted evei ini-ebv ghosts It ttivre a uijjMj oon UMlod w.tU ill" fur the moment be had forgotten his salu tatory, and was silting with Ins head It .e,l on his hand, when Mr QMMI Strong suddenly entered the oflloe, and uiicere moniounly sealing himmUf opisite IU odl tor, said : "I'm very glad I've found you alone; I want to mve you a hint er two Yer a .voting man. an thouijh o may know a good deal o' the world, jo dou l know uulhiu o' Turley Po l ' "I uu thankful for any advice you may Ohitwo l.i give, Mr Ssrong," relurued the Mw editor. " I gm-ss ye notntxl how I uwed off Tom Simmon yiiterdav Ile a a politician, and a llepubiican. f anurnn he wanted thit to be a HopubiK-un nvr, but ye are Turley'a lint It in a Ibr.ik'nitie txninty, and il wouldn't do ll'.' i.i p a big majority in Ml c unity Tno U. rt AV aMs I til bo run li the iutcivst ' V.:i l'.nt, n' it Oau b nni Utt witho.it Uem' p lUtHaL" Th . new editor was tut'linnd lo .umn- w it'i Si-. :. u'.i, having smtlder4'..'.eirrty lu the t..i. .. u.ld li materially brtieiittni by lh- upbuilding of Turley' IVuut " ll I too early to hupo the futun- nobey of tlu luiier. Mr Btrouff." tal.l tho isln.ip My Hex from the nrtl wa lo pubbsh on tndepca toM newpaer.n 'That a the alee exactly. Well. I gueaa I won t iay bore an' bother ye aay louger " " By tha way. Mr Mlraag," aeM Allra, " who live iu that old alone house oa the hdll ' Mr Htrong. turning on the yvmnf editor a lowkuf uUnuthnteul and terror, aniwcred i 'Mr Urv. tou d heller not Mouira HtM matter rest. Don t mention fbe old lioum.-, dou't r.o ucur It. Wo wairl tho thuw todlo out if h hiu. Hsu cuss to Teri y u Pint, and least sakl MM belter. WltbOVt l1ttmp""rT y further ctplana ti n he, too, wcut out, leaving the new L-d-lUinnoni interf iled than ever. He sat a f, -v moment v.i Tiii'l wha' that remark- ublo mystery could bo. und then, bethinking bimsi lf thut hb salutatory was not (In Ishod, seUed his .neil and iesumcd his work. Aguln the door of Ids dingy oflV'O was darkened. It wan Toney ilarnes wbo en tered with a roll of MS. UMM Ml arm and tho smile Of a successful iKet on his faco. "I've got u few little pieces hero that I want to read yo," he suid, dropping down uikiii u seat by tho editor's side. 'Leave them to be read at my leisure, said tho editor. u " Xo. no; you can't understand It hair so Woll as if I read it mysolf. No just listen here " He unrolled some manuscript, of which ho wus evidently very proud, und "i'vi: out a rrw UttU DM nKitF." putting ono fiiot on the table, tilted bis chair backward and began: Tin; wail up Tin; swamp spirit." ' In thut itarli deep Krnen al I wood, Whcro even Bf tliadowt fall, Wlicro tbo Rianl oal:a havo tood, Htately, grand and tall; ay hen Um to uy toad hi ait'-tng Un hi stool by MtOtl made; Wlicro the twll (tt hue uro flitting in ibe cool uud lUentohaMl Thero you tee, at tw. light Kl jumy. Prom thn ilarli cre-n swainps urlss, A i;bantly form of d IWJ va) or, With rheoksof d o'.li und hollow eye" " How much more of that have you I" in terrupted Alleu. " Them um firty-six pafM In all." u You laid bettor bring il out in book form." li I thought I would first run it in tbo HViVrii AVimM" "Hut our p:i;or in not copyri'fh'ed, and some imnerupulotis publisher might steal thi i from you." Hi.rea onmg was bo clear that the poet became ulurmcd, und, closely rolling bi.t BianUicrlpt us if he fcured the precious IreMOro miM bO taken from him, hurried home ui look it up. BmUjofti bttiuooM fill ruse, Alien UUabod Inn sululatory and, ntboring up what news ho could ubout the dull little villajfe and WIXMOdiBg country, li uu I. d iii MtflkMat original copy U 1111 the local columns. Then" were sum" advertisements to go In tho paper, several clippings, uud the form ivus made up. Mm.i HopfcllM eflnt her l gii'ln that, owim: ton n,i 11 of uourolola, r.ho would not Iki BblO to prepare M thin;: for the Qrtt iMUOi but ibO would boon hand witliout fad for tlio second. Alleu was wicked cuou fh I i Lieulally llumk thut ipell of MsWalgto, After tho form had been tOadfl up and planed dOWD, it had to lie unl'K'l;.'! to MMrt the startling intelli- enoo thai Mn. Bmtth bad gono to yill her married dauafater, Mrs. Joiio stone, at Pip';. ii n il! ', four miles away. Por the bail ttnu the torn wan locked up, planed doWU, patou th i prOMi uud Uu Ural at qo of Hi ' WttUtH lit,! Wf ruu oh uud soul io tho world. CHAPTER If. tub raw rotTOn'l i ui vt. s -A uvsrmiiors srnst'iiiiiKiL Alien (iruy hml donaall that under the cii'cumniunc.M ooold im dotto to make tho (hit iMUOOf the ll'enVm Btpthllt bri;:h;, spicy uud new iv. lie was now to NBllM that an editor's triuln wont not nil before. UM IM HO of Inn pa par. Toby, UM currier, went out to deliver the p iper to the poop) ,n the immedi.l'e vicinity of the oflleo. lie nanus failMul in the perfoftMBMOf lu I duty ui tho avecifn c.'.rner ou bin On! trim but bo bad not returned half an hour before Mr s.-ott, another oepitaUit in the low a, who bud inc. 'ii Qto dollars to have Lho pupor MtabUahod, and in addition suh- lOrlbeu for one 00py,bui1 into UMOflU '.bin faco dark an a thunder cloud. In u vo.ee o papro me i anger uoortodi " Why didn't you send mo a paper 1 Your confounded boy wont right by my store an' never said turkey, If tlm is the way I'm to bo treated I want my money buck." Allen, ii uttkt OOUfttM I at UMUUry mer chant, Irtod to mollify linn, und hoed il Would uever occur US UU i "It's bin Urst trip. Mr. ekvtt; I unsure you he will learn better noou. Tho boy over Imiked you." " Hnnvpkl overlooked me, did hot I nup DOM 1 in an iDUtfalfloMl sort of feller to bo overlooked by a ragged, bare looted, stiibtin'd printer's devil, am If" Allen learned the folly of telling men they had btM forgotten. Due diHs not wish to seem so uniuirlaiit us to be for gotten, and to forgot one is at btnt a lame e-;euo. Alien assured the tuerehiint it should never oocur ajalu, guvo bun two eopie and pmmtnrnl him a pomonul men tion in hm next mntio. The new inlitor was In the nndntof un urtlcle when Mr Ctvnn, the prodUM and grocery man, MM in with a DMJM in Inn baud and fury iu his eye. " See here," he roared, iu a voice like tin angry bull, " you vouiailoulhuudcriu' bluu der in our ad." " What in it!" "1' n't you MO ' i'v spelt eifirn with two 'si'' said the b ikwoodi memhant "Well, inn t that cornvtl" " No, it "it not. If you don't know how to spell you'd iKMter qui I trvui' to run a nows p4p0t I looted nl a label which came en one o' mv hov's from S; Louts, und eggs wa OpeM Willi one 'g ' " " The laU l was wioier; hem Is the w:iy Websier n'll it." And A'len turneil to hi i dictionary. The grocer stood scrutchinf his he.ul and sworn that either Webster or the uuu w ho mudo oul the label WM wrong. "That ain't all neither, Ibe ad's wrong,'' he llddml. lu Mb it respect I Let me see the inlver ti .emcut." Mid Alh n. almost nut of patMBMl Bo took tMl pMHW MM mad: "'the MaSJBt I ri, tt ti if for ejyt, 6l.' dtif ;ohry al i. tk ipfe wryMaNa I rial irvAit.' What I wrong atmut that I" " 1 don't wunt M poultry." " You ivrtmnly said so." " I jest wanted to buy chickens." " Well, am not chickens (mulii-v!'" "O' iMiirse they am, but imultry mean mom It tneuns -eoo mi' duck un' turkeys on' pigeon I only want chicken, lle aldea, you hail the a I way down them inn corner whore no un'll ever ee it. Can't you put it in tin- center o' the rtrst iwgv-l" "Xi it would de .troy the beauty of that sige," said therilitur, "but I willchanft ; nct wwk to nun you, und neud you a proof of il; your ail nhuil have a good position." ll would U- diClcalt to nay whether Allen w it most muuxsl er dmguntol at the umo ranee cf imii-.u-of these liucUw.nnl Iiumihsss men. r.rv lotnj lie 111 i ij;ut he lVSU lo MV some of iheeauaeaol toe dowufallof Tur ley' Point Again tho editor wa uy with his art k le, when the d?Mr ivninl once more, and an oid farmer , wearing a hftanl-bruiiuied tut, entered lav oflcv. Why didn't ye git in that pieee about mv boy killin' the big ratUeenakol" ho asked, somewhat vicaousP. " It era unavotdablr cmwiled out." sail Allen, gvttiug out of paticucv. "8endu "your coaauuioMioos earlier in w wm Crowded out, au' that snake Ml who.,.er: ' cried DM iratoold BUM. HIW rfwiiio to Tow imiKirtant Item li..o tbat to .hp. a.,' Ull up yer paper with KOW c- ii-tn, an' furmn news aiiout tongr ss. vo ii play out party soon, I'm thinkui. and ibe old genUcinas. in no very amiable moo.1, turned ubout mid left tho ofBce. n is not a very great exajgeration to say that bv ovenkg on the day sfU'r the first issue of tho wZmBtvM the editor felt very much inclined to commit sumlcio Afl. r a few days he leaned not toj worry at tho follies of some MOPM, "i 1 iteMMteMMmAbin mm! tt,-'r0 J"H in tlm minority." By catering to the vaoily of the few who aro MbitkMI to bavo tncir name in print, ho preaervod their MOT, and did not injure Ins circula'i m. Those who were offended at being forgotten be came good nattircd on being WBivmbeml. The moro sensible offered words of cneour ugement to tho new editor and hopad he Would succeed. The second WM MO a short essay from Mm Hopkins, aud a shorter irnmi from Toney liarnes Alien was bard at work on the th.rd issue when Tom Himmons uiram dropped in on him with a serious lo ik ou bin faco. '1 say, Mr. Orav. I m't it ab ut timo you were bc'finnln' to ehuot some lire darls into tho enemy's camp! " h inked. m What do you mean, Mr. BlMMMl tbo tnlitor usked. -Isn't it timo vou war lettln' the enemy know vc war hero ! That is, come out, show yor colors an' lire awayon'OBJ, Oive tae D-moerats fits. Hold 'em up to contempt und aay something imart ubuut me, yo know; that I d make a good member of the Legialaturo." . "1 fear it's a Uttkt too early for that Jt would certainly endanger your cause." D ye think It rauoy wouldl" "1 know it." " . "Then don't by any means hint such a thinif." ... u By promising to act fair iu the future M diapOMd Of the MUtMkm for the time being Hut he wa scarcely gone boforj Mr. Ooorge Strong entered to caution bun not to be too intimate wilb TOM amnions. " Ho got no stundiu' here, un'll ruin any business. By the way, Mr. Oruy," he added, in un undertone, " it's u good bit Ou yet, but next election I've 'bout made up my mind (0 run for sheriff ou the Dimii rale ticket. I expect tho Wfl W AUntoUl te sup- PUAll"n tlray found himself liable to get in ti position which pjliticiaus term riding two horses cuing In different directions ut the sumo time. Could ho suppjrt u Republican for the Legislature and a Democrat for therifft But he tcld bis DeMOraUo friend, us hi! ha.1 advised bin It-publican friend, to wail future developments. Mr. Stron.f smiled um! said may be it was best, but took occasion Ui remark that of course bo would not have donated a cent bad he not felt as sured thut the paper would come to his aid in the hour of need. Wlthjonkmapolltlolana, unskilled bUOlMM advertisers and riva' poets, the new editor found himself getting into serious complications. When Strong was gone, Toney Barnes, who had bMU walking bick aud forih in front of the offloa window, casting unxioui looks inside for tho hut half hour, ou torad, " Well, what itl" Allen asked, feannK another volley of MS. u Wasnt that an awful piece Miss Ilo kins bud iii th p IP la3t week ubout love I'd bo ushame I to write uny thiug likoit." "()!i, it wa ' pretty f iir." "D'yoU think iki! Well, that may do, bttl I'd uslvmoyou Ui have uotlli'.i to do with Miss Bopklna1 wiiliua. She can't Write Buy thin : th d will bo BOMpiablo with th -public. If you want oaaaya or stories, I'll ivrite'e.n (ory.i.i; butahO will be sum to ruin the paper." Next day. an Allen was in the mid it of news itomu eoacoruing tho wreck of i steamer, he was uware of some one enter Ing Ul oSoa, He looked UD und dincoverci MUu Hopkins, tho old umm aobool tonohsr. and Tone;,-1 rival U3B p "t 1 just'thoii'f'.il 1 W tUldoall iu, Mr. (iray," ihesa-1, stniliirfc.ireful.y, lent sho shoulo .one her false teeth, "tad bring you sum. poetry. I mo yon bad one ot the oSuaioni of Mr. II irnei' in your lait ismo, uu.l Icu.'i eluded that if y n w nil moh a strait foi pon try I WSOld bring you some myself." The editor foil bad Bo Murodbortbo ho really hail no ooomIou for ioetry, bu aomelimen itiscrti d a lew lines if the verso were short " M tie am very short and so uuaint." " What iu the subject i" "I, ii an odo to a bat found dead in I garret." Allen thought of ull subjects ou earth I lead bat would lie least c.ilculuted te in spire one with pMltotuOUght, "Shall I road itl" ahoaikod, BhowMi lady and ho could not refuse to listen, c she road : " ' You teatbery, laatMry, ungainly bat ti.ii 'round a re in u id Uy In my hat Oi basic to cacuue Jt tliu door. You aMUM the hoys, yon fnt,-liten lho cat ll it uoi you at ' ilea , , our bat It ii : on ihe tlonr. K 1. 1. .. 1 your shroud None shod a t, or, tfnforluaato bit Over your bier, Ho ti an i a ! e I al thin sad tale, bo by Us W.H.: UjKia -.hi : na.l I'll him ; it. dir. i bit Hun t eu ibe wall r, r folk 1 1 h.ok at An I thai a till.'" Thin pnetk) OCnilon had tho merit of brlorityi und the editor thought ho mtglil Lave roOB for it. ' I think 1 will MM hc'rin a serial story la the II..I.- M UtpMbUe," told Miss Hopkins. Suppicssing il groan, the editor aslceil her the title. '"77at (.'o.f vf iht Baal Won row !! BU - Vo-i.' " The anawer brourhl to the mind of the adttortbe rnyatorloua house en the hill, and he ashed Miss Hopkins if he knew uin thing of the people who inhabited it. "Not much," she answered; "they've been there. MM month:., and no one known their names. Home say that thoinouiau "til fiyi "tvt to nrnscHiBR roayoi a rxrrn " bru-and, some ihttt he i an ex pirate, others Hurt he m connected with a gang of couuter feitors or horao-thfci'es." " How many have thev in the faniilvl" " 1 don't know. There iva a white faced woman omv seen ut the window, but sen i one pulhl her bai-k A few Wvvkn a-,M a report wont about that a pretty irui hud been seen through a crock in ihe old garden j walk but tho ull nun with long black whiskers came cat, aud iu a voice ,,f thunder drove her to the house, and the young fel low who saw her ran away " Thi gossipy old ru.ud fu'ruished him much i news and information. Uer poetk-effukn waa of no value, but she unconsciously gave ! him many item which he, unseen, noted on his memorandum rank One evening Allen waa working late in the office reading proof All hands, aave Toby, who remained to sweep, had gone home A Ull man with long black whiskers and gray eyes entered the offloe. His man aer waa so mgular aa to atrtke the new ed m...u..'. D .inl .. . aaid, in a ueep. "t'"'-r"- ....... tho .ubscriptlon price for a art .i -. i 1 l'ir unil fifty cents. The tall dm... ' Allen aoked, owning hi. subacr.p- aSSnatoX T EpotsVofflMbM ML" , S he Ul. stranger, nnd then, with tlnoTherword, sulked away from tbo " Who is that man, Toby?" tho Mtoundod editor iwked, watching tho receding form TtTuowobody knows," Toby answered. " Ho'a tho mysterious man wbo live iu IM hiK housoon tho bUL CHAITEB III. some ptttftiiHU'- vanai-roLincAL amm rioss. Alle.i sprung to his feet and hastened to tho door. Twilight shades worn deepening Into darkness, yet he could distinguish the autUM Of the tall man hurrying up tbo hill MM road. There was something so fas cinating in the mystery surrounding tbo Itranger that Allen felt a strong inclina tion to follow and learn moro of him. " Toby, were you ever In that stono hou.o on the bllll" he asked. " No. sir," Toby answered. " What do vou know about itl" "Nuioiu- much," waa the evasive ro- I"Dm he often come to the villagoi" M n " u Vcll, if you know any thlnf aboutthose people 'ell it tome." Toby shrugged bis shoulders, cast an un easy look ubout him, and said : ""'Taint much I know, and 'taint much I want to know." u Tell me just what you do know, and ull that you've heard of it" " I'vo been to tho house two or thrco times," said Toby, In an awe-inspiring whisper. " But thar's a groat high wall all round it, so ono can't see inside. Tommy Miles once pooped through tho back-yard wall, aud suvn ho saw tho pretUcst girl ho ever set eyes on in his life. People Bay they kill folks up at that big house." "When was tho houso built!" asked Allen, hoping to bring the boy back from speculation, to uuswer facts. " I duno," Toby answered. '"Twas long afore I was txrn." " Do vou know who built itl" "No." I've board ma say It waa built by some rich p ople who hvod there long ago, and then left." " How long have these people lived here, Toby!" "It's only been a few months mm toe come bank tho last Umo. They wont hev nothm' to do with us, un' we'uns don't hev notliin' to do with 'em." ' Where did they como from!" "No un known. Tho house had been vacunt, except two old pooplo sUycd thoro and kinder t tik keer o' it. Tho man WM cross an' wouldn't tulk nuthin' but French, an' the old woman was deaf and dumb. Thn boys used to try to git in tho orchard, but the old fell -r enine out with a gun un' sworo In furmn languaeout 'cm, an' skcered 'cm 10 bad they wouldn't go nigh it. Then thar's bee-i .oiue awful sights seen t bar o' nights," c included Toby, shuddering. " What were they I" "Well. Tommy MikM aaid he hoped ho might drop dead if 'twasn't so. IIo wus oomin' home through the woods ono night, an' thought he'd risk comin' by the rock house. When ho got nigh It, he heard a uwful acreamin1 list liko aomo ono was be in' killed, an every winder in tho houso was a great blnaO O1 light. Ho aaid ho'd swear ho saw a woman stendin' at a winder with wings jwt ready to fly when some un pulled her back Then old Dobbs wont by there ono uiifht an' saw the blinds an' curtains ull abhue like, an' people flyin' around tho oailin'." " Who in this man Dobbe!" "He's mi old fcllor who Uvm out In the Muntry on a farm." " Docs he drink!" Like a fish." " 1 guess Uo bad been drinking that day, which acoounta for his seeing the wonder ful sight i ut tbo old house." " He suyn 'twas spirits," aaid Toby. " Doubtless it wus ; but the spirita ho drunk before leaving town." "Thar's othMrs who'vo seen stranira lights up tluir, Mr. Oray," returned Toby, after a few moments' puuso. " There is some deep mystery about tho house und people who livo Uicre, but when once undontOM JOU will find nothing su pernatural about it. Why do people hero object to talking ubout that oid houso on tbn hill! ' Cos it's haunted," said Toby, with a shudder, "an' it drives people uwny from tbo Pint Every body suys ii it hadn't a been fur Unit old house on the hill we'd a hud u I loom here long ugo." Allen dismissed Toby for tho day, locked the offlN und went to his boarding house, his mind full of tho strango mystery of which lie could leuxu SO little. Next day Toney flumes entered with a smile on his face, und a bundlo of manu script under his urm. With an air of tri umph, he said: "Just let mo read you what I've got here." "1 um pressed for time, Mr. Barnes," pleaded the editor. "Laavo It and let mo mud it at my leisure." "Oh, no, it will not take long," replied Toney. with a commanding smilo. " Hut yon don't intend reading all that to mol" " It won't take long." "My time is very precious now. Every hour 1 lose this morning must Lo taken from mv sleep tonight." It was useless to expostulate. A country editor can not, liko the city editor, send a clerk or oflleo hoy to talk with theambitious author who is bold enough to invudo bis sanctum He usually is so unfortutiutu us to be ucipiaintod with the literary aspirant, and escape from a porsonul interview is im possible. Toney Ilarnes was certain tbo editor would not discover tho beauty in his poetry unless the author read it himself, und gave it the proper elocutionary embel lishments. It Waa nousoto arguo that ho could not mad it to every body, and that new-aaiH-r poetry is to bo read and not hoard; ho was determined, aud Allen waa forced to listen. "Them am several pieces hem," said tho poet, with n cruel smile. "Let mo see which 1 will road first" Allen had no choice, and at lost the author seemed to have found ono that suited for a beginning, und. spreading it out on his knee, said : "I will now read you something on spring." A spring poem usually makes the ex porionivd editor desperate. Country ed itors, especially, havo a horror of spring Its-try Hut Toney, like all other poets, hav.ng no regard for other people', nerves, began " Thote beauteous tunny day. have coma. The Rlaildrtt of the year. When re rdant nature drew, the e.rth Wuh w.M abundant cheer. Kctnal '. eh lovely day, remain With all your tlenteou peace, Ana may ; our rose and cauliflower. And t in : bnlt never ceate." "Uow do you liko thatl" aaked Toner, with a triumphant smile. IVterraiuod to assert hia right as a critic. Alien rubbed his aching brow for a mo ment and answered: "It .earns to me. Mr Barnes, that you mbrht be charged with plagiarism in these lines." " Where!" "When you My 'Thoa beauteout tunny day. bars com. The gladdest of tho year.' One can not help thinking of the familiar MJ ' The melancholy day have ooma, The addet of the year.' "What other placer naked Toney, bis face growing very red. " ' Kemain, oh lovely days, remain,' might be Uioutfhi bv some to have been Unlaw from ncturn. oh holy W it it It" j nit s r, utjrrap.ju . Ml WtboUhor of thoio vorsos myscif, plagiarbm." 0id tho poet, I gueaa jou foelinjin." " .".'-: .. ,,. critica iJ,i ,,ttai-k vou," said Allen. T ...ro I 1 unotuei uuHtt o Whore I" asked Toney beginning to tg$A tothelastlinethemlsun Incongruous association of roses and cauli- U0"Tt"" a blending of MbOMttfalMd P?ftS ere beautiful and cabbage useful, it in true, but them seems to be an ineon grui y i theiruss,x-iation that mtM sun 1 you to criticism. Besides, one blooms in tiie spring, and tho other usually ma lures in autumn." . " Well, if vou think thut piece won't do, M road you one on the brooklet, suid l-o "Them wus no MOBPO, and Allen told him lo iiris-eed. , , uu 'hln -, buoblmB. br cht una clear, Oushlni;, Ulcipllcg llttlo brook, OunlbU, murmur .ng. sa 1 to h.ur. How you tempt mo from my book, Daihing, sparUllnj ever on. Skipping. Jumplnc, al U you Mj L- u-hl-g, luhbllnc, gu-htng, ulmpllng. riaabbWhknjrlng, grounlng, blmpermg, OnnrUsd murmuring, it 11 you o How d'yoti like that!" Uie poet asked, jivltiT tho editor 0 precarious look. That's bettor." "D'you really think sol" " Ycs-decidedly." "Well, suppose vou use that?" "Very well,'' aud, without further read- "noLt on, Tonrt" Ing. the ISmtkltl was laid asido as accepted. "Well, now, I'll read unothor." "What is tho tttlel" " 2mhm Atiih TtmF "I don't like it." "We can change it if vou wish. Tills Is an elegant bit of blank verso which I dashed off." He read: " High u;i 'mtd the branches Gazing at the far-off moon. In por.-fcous splendor Aid wisdom MlOOM malt Sittcst the undlaeouccrtad owl'" CROPS THAT PAY, Prnllt to He Found Only Iii the Production uf I lie Beat. The gradual filling up of all depart ments of rural Industry, Hnd tho ootue- j quent closer competition, is bringing Ul , rapidly to the Umo when prolit will only bo found, in tho production of the I best. Light draught horOM do not pay. Cows that average 150 pounds of butter do not pny. Steeri tluit.soil for j i-'J cents flit do not pay. SDOOp for wool nluno do not pay. Ill-kept hog do not pay. Twenty-live bushels un ncre ol corn docs not pay, More than two acres to graze a cow does not pny. And yet, what proportion of farmeri got no bet tor returns. Wo luive farmers who ralM 1 , 600-pound draft horses ami sell them for '-'ih). Wo have Farmeri who gel 100 pounds of butter from thoir cows. Wo havo farmers who sell 80monthi-old steers weighing 1,400 pounds, others who make lambs 100 pounds at li months old und get 6 cents u pound: some who graze a cow ! nil summer on one acre, others who gel BO bushels of corn an acre. 1 be former set are hard up; the latter uro in easy circumstances. What ono does, nil may do. Hut il requires study to reach tlio lop. The horse-breeder must know how to breed the dairyman must know how to select and breed cows. Tho feeder must re ject scrub hulls if he would reach the top in weights ami prices. Only the most careful hog-ruisors avoid diseases. Only the man who has u pasture lo plow up gets a big corn crop from lho old land. Only the well-bred mutton sheep produce the 100-pound lamb. No mortal man can reach the top in nny farm department unless he be as thorough in his I uslness as the men we elect to tho Supreme Hench nro in theirs. James Wilson, in Iowa Home stead. nave you ever noticed what a pro fusion of apple-blossoms there is every spring, and how fow apples thero nro that come from them? There are a million blossoms to a bushel of apples. Just so it Is with desires mid choices. Among all the multitude of desires that men have thero Is only hero and there one that amounts to a choice. Heecher. It is not to n roan's discredit that ho wants to bo great, but it is to u man's discred t to think ho is greutei than other persons suppose. If a man w ill simply seek to deserve greatness, he can simply leave it to otners to de cide when he is great. Ami great men ate always In demand; places are wait ing for them on every aido.- S. S. Times. Tho man who has nn impressiona ble temperament, whose nerves quick ly vibrate to the presence of joy or woe, who feels tenderly compassionate to youth and ignorance or to sin and mis ery, yet who seldom follows up these feelings with appropriate Hction, who exhausts his nature in sympathy, and forgets to do what the occasion re quires. Is untrue to his best nature and to his social relations. Fault-finding is one of the ways in which men seek to npieai wiser than they are. It seems to invest them with a degree of authority in the eyes of lhoe who do not realize that it is one ot the aoaMM) of all things to find fault. To expose errors, to foretell difficul ties, to criticise methods, to make ob jection, may all bo done volubly by persons ho have no power to origi nate better ways or M overcame the obstacles which they spread fo.-th. and who are in every way inferior to those whom they criticise or contradict or interrogate. - Ouce a Week. WAGE-EARNING WOMEN. l arta (ilea ed from a Herein (f M) III,, ObMmImIbmI of labor. A quarter of a century gQ m nrenUM of employment were cloNn) JJ women. Tho occupation avallabbj i thom were generally UnremunerMJ, and often distasteful Since that timo however, conditions have hetu,re(j wonderfully In this rMpeot, und it.,, pears from the annual report of ( 'm. I). Wright, Commissioner of thi !). partment ot i.nuor. tiiui wnini-n now extensively employed in 34j cupations. ars oo- One of the most remarkahla 1MJ Ings in Mr. Wright's report is that ja all the great cities the WOrklng'WMMa nre pnotloally girls. Their arena, age in all the cities comprehended j, tho report is H yours uud Beve. months. The highest averago, Jj yours and one month, wa, found in Savannah, ami tho lowest, il and live months, at St. PnuL Tbe bulk of the 17, ".'47 women iiiterviewiH by the compilers of the statistics Were between the ages of 18 and 20. Th, average age was raised by the pre. ence oi u eoiisiiicr.iDio iiiituli .r women p:iM middle nu'o. 0( These Hguroo prove, if they mem any thing, that tho grout majority of women who work for wages marry early In life, nnd in this faet many em ployers Hud u justification for pasta lower wages to their female than to their male employes. The latter bp. gin with nn Intention to make tho!r position n stepping stone tu pref moot The former in inniiy casus re gard it as a mere mnkeshilt. Another interesting faet is that U . 190 of the 17. '.'17 women interviewed uro native horn. Tho par -nts of a great majority of these, howevw, wore foreign born. Of the whole number only 745 women are marrieil, while there are 1,088 widows. Those in perfect health number 1 1 551, whisa argues well for the general sanitary aondition of American workshops, (iood homes are possessed by 13,02) af the women, but many of the renniinler exist under the most miserable and discouraging conditions. The average J early earnings of wom en in tho lending industries are given as follows: Artificial flower. nTT.Ui nwnlni: and tenu, 12711.16; book b.ndinir. l-'TL.tl ; boot and aoocv ejiiioi: randy, IIIS.Wl carpets, V.-.is ol; em boxes, f.'iir. Iii; elk'."' factor,-, KN.'.'i.fUMMy factory. KM. Iii; cloak factory, IWi.tl: clutb nj factory, f!H..'W; cotton nulls. eiiiSW; ,lr,. mat Inir.ltiiSUi dry good store, f tUH.nl; jewelry lac lory. i '.'ei laundry, fit 1.75; nitires la-tor;. M iki; men's furnlshlnc-xo uls feotory, Wi.il: mllllnory.lM ,o.;p iper iiox factory ; o.i7;piu.' tabaceo factory, tU .'17: printlni; offloe, .ti6; skirt factory, MU.I0; imoklBI-tObaccO fartorj, MOM. A direful study of these Qgunl is very InstTUOtlVft They might have been made more valuable, however, had not Mr. Wright's agents oonBlsi their investigations lo the women em ployed in purely manual labor. These form but a small portion of the work ing women of the country. Thousand of Othi ri are engaged in touching, in telegraphy, in stenography, us clerk and in the professions, ll is a pit; that Mr, Carroll did not make a mom l comprehensive und thorough report Albany (N. Y. ) J lurnah SECOND-HAND PLATE. A New York Rsflaar Repeat Horns sf Ml Halting Pot's I Btorlo. "Yes, indeed! wo havo many queer visitors. All sorts of people t le here to nell second-hand jewelry and plate, lend they nearly ull want money badlj. The most interesting, howevor, tomt mind, are tho little bent old Indies who have seen better days and survived their families and friends only to be among the poor uud needy. Such nn old woman was In this afternoon to sell three or four battered spoons, the sole remnants of plentiful days. Titer' ti often a romantlo association connected With the DOBsewlOO Of jewelry or plssi not entertained for other property. Kj visilor begged mo to break up spoons In her presence. She feared that they might fall to the use of other persons. 'They were given me for wedding present fifty years ago by mi husband.' lha said, 'and I don't wMj thom knocked about by stranger.' broke them up and put them i" lh" melting pot, and she toddled otT sali--Hod." "Just before I closed up last nlgW " frail old woman came In 10 sell her wedding ring. 'I wouldn't pawn it. sho suid, beoauie I might never be able to redeem it, and then some one else would buy it nnd wear it couldn't bear to think of that, 1 want you to melt it down.' Only a' days ago I bought an ancient silver! service from a rich but eccentric spin ster who lives in n big house up to all alono with her servant She ' that according to the natural orders things she couldn't expect to live longer, nnd she didn't propose to W her silver used by any rich upsWj I smashed up tho pieces, and htui melt them before her very eyes. ' "Last Christmas Kve 1 l""-rht JJ plate of un old French family came hero many years ago for DOluw" reasons. They managed to comfortable living, until sickneMio' misfortune overtook them, and llK had to part with the plate used their ancestor! to pay doctor :"ld " dertHker. People like this wouMJ" ile.oim ,f sollinirmieh article:- In 00s hand stores. Tender memories " it. Their only resource is the m?m pot." Jewelers' Weekly. Hntnl Peoiiiietor "What you snid or done to that lad) ttast shoi-J pass you In that angry Her eyes darted tire at you " 1 "Shi expected u letter in lniJ ing's mutt, atl I told her il h1 come." r.iiladjlpliia BoOOru. -In a aclentiflc report tipi'm hel - 1. I - 1 .1 . ,.1, mil lie I , ; vpurit ii in puiu. ii i pressed too earnestly upon the 0"5 ties or all health resorts that no natu advantages of situation or climate ! any guaranty against the ! which nature remorselessly exacts any infringement of her laws and l hey. in common with every It,'J-'e gregntion of humanity, must offer j elementary essentials of health 'j I ence - pure air and pure water I their special advantages can t" I their juat welg